The Issue of Consent in Research that Administers Drugs of Addiction to Addicted Persons

In addiction, impaired control over drug use raises questions about the capacity of addicted persons to consent to participate in research studies in which they are given their drug of addiction. We review the case for doing such research, and the arguments that addiction does, and does not, prevent addicted persons from consenting to such research. We argue for a more nuanced view that acknowledges that while in some situations addiction impairs decision-making capacity, it does not eliminate such capacity. We conclude with some suggestions for recruiting addicted subjects and designing experiments in ways to obtain free and informed consent.     

Understanding the determinants of consent for linkage of administrative health data with a longitudinal survey

Abstract

The Survey of Families, Income and Employment (SoFIE) is a panel income study with a health component, including data linkage to national health databases. This paper investigates factors that predict consent to data linkage. SoFIE participants were asked permission to link their SoFIE records to administrative health data in Wave 3 of data collection. Logistic regression was used to investigate the association of sociodemographic variables with consent to record linkage. Of Wave 3 participants 79.4% consented to health record linkage. Taking into account prior attrition, consent and matching the overall participation rate was 60.9%. Participants reporting Māori, Pacific and Asian ethnicity had lower odds of consenting. There was a strong relationship between the presence of co-morbid disease and consent to linkage. This study has shown that consent to link health information to survey records was high and the survey provides a rich and unique dataset for longitudinal analyses.     

上市公司协议收购的法律分析

上市公司协议收购是我国目前证券市场上盛行的做法。协议收购的法律制度既被决定于和体现了经济因素,同时又通过所形成的制度约束,使立法者、监管者和收购方与被收购方之间进行着反复博弈,不断地强化着协议收购制度的合理性。但应加强上市公司协议收购中的信息披露,建立异议股东股份回购请求制度,加强和完善小股东的诉讼机制。     

辩证地看待患者的知情同意权

知情同意权是患者的一种法定权利,包括知情权与同意权。根据马克思“没有无义务的权利,也没有无权利的义务”的思想,患者的这一权利既伴随着医方的义务,也伴随着患者自身一定的义务,因而该权利的真正实现需要医患双方辩证地理解权利与义务的关系,并积极地履行各自的相关义务,当然主要依赖于医方义务的积极履行。     

探析格式合同中仲裁条款的有效性

随着市场经济的发展,仲裁条款开始出现于格式合同当中,但提供格式合同的一方当事人可以凭借其经济或法律上的优势强制对方当事人非自愿地接受格式仲裁条款.在分析格式仲裁条款的特点、生效障碍及其与实体法条款联系的基础上,提出用程序来检验格式仲裁条款双方当事人之间是否存在真正的合意,从而剥离出缺乏合意的格式仲裁条款并使其无效,以求法律公正.     

Traits of a representative welfare state: the Swedish example

Järkestig Berggren U, Blomberg S, Petersson J. Traits of a representative welfare state: the Swedish example Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 402–411 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. The care manager reform and the case manager reform are new reforms in the social care services in Sweden, which are evolving during the 2000s. Together they shape the social care services introducing a new way of decision‐making where representatives for the organisation (care manager) and the users (case manager) negotiate. The reforms have been analysed in two studies with results presented in this article. Using the concepts of role, orientation, function and assignments, it is argued that the managers come to the negotiations on rights from different positions that are both conflicting and complementary. They further mediate the development towards a welfare mix, where the market, social networks and users interact to obtain the public welfare provision. Through this negotiated rights model, it is argued that traits of a representative welfare state emerge, with the distinction of moving the focus to the administrative practices and their differences away from political ideologies.     

基因治疗之法律调控研究

基因治疗的缓慢发展,除源于其自身所具有的不确定性、高风险性等因素外,关键在于相关法律规范的缺失或不完善还不能完全保障将基因治疗的风险控制到一个合理的程度。面对科技发展的日新月异,与其盲目地抗拒,不如用完善可行的法律规范在风险控制和科学发展中寻求平衡点,可为人类带来莫大的福祉。     

论诊疗活动中患方的知情同意权

患方知情同意权是患方制约医方滥用诊疗权的一项权利,其产生源于患者对医师的不信任。随着医疗行业的市场化,患方的知情同意权逐渐得到我国法律的认可。知情同意权的行使涉及诸多方面,情况十分复杂。医疗机构滥用医疗同意书是由于医方对患者知情同意权的误解。在医师尽到说明义务且征得患者同意的情况下,医方虽没有过错,但仍发生了医疗意外,医方对由此造成的损害不负损害赔偿责任。